Educational game



Feb., 2, 1926. 1,571,488

- M. V. MOISAN ET AL EDUCATIONAL GAME Filed July 16, 1925 NH r15 1 V. TIdis ang mrm gndAm-La R HEHWEIDfl Patented Feb. ,2, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MITCHEL V. MOISAN AND ANNA R. HEYWOOD, 0F CENTRAT. SQUARE, NEW YORK.

EDUCATIONAL GAME.

Application filed July 16, 1925. SerialgNo. 44,012.

ford'amusementto children, but will also teach them the alphabet and also to distinguish colors one from another.

Another object of this invention is to provide an educational game'board and game pieces for use on the board which are, of

simple construction and which form the basis of a simple method of operation or r use in playing the game so that the underlying principle of the game'may be easily grasped even by very Iyoung children.

The invention furt er aims 'at the provision of a game board having spaces thereon which are colored to distinguish the spaces from one another and to provide game pieces which are similarl colored and which bear the letters of the alphabet and which are arranged with their colors and the letters of the alphabet in sequence corresponding to the arrangement of the colors in the spaces of the board so that when the game pieces are applied to [the spaces on the board in proper order to match the colors, the'letters of the alphabet will appear in proper sequence, and so that when the game pieces are applied to the spaces on the board in the proper sequence of the letters of the alphabet the colors of the game pieces will correspond or match thecolors of the spaces upon which they are placed. The bright colors attract and hold the interest of the children, and the children soon memorize the letters and not only learn to distinguish the letters, but to also distinguish the colors. The above and various otherobjects-and advanta es of this invention will in part be described in, and in part understood from the following detailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein: e Fig. 1 is a plan view of a game board constructed according to the presentinvention.

Fig. is a plan View of a group of game piecesto be played on one end of the board.

Fig. 3 is a simllar view 'of a second group of game pieces to be played on the other end of the board, and

Fig. 4: is a plan View of the group of starter pieces employed.

- Referring to the drawing 10 designates a game board of any suitable material to withstand wear and which may be given any de- .sired configuration, such as rectangular as shown in Fig. 1. p

The upper face of the board is provided at each end portion with a group of spaces 11 which are of suitable size and are arranged in rows or the like to correspond to the number of letters in the alphabet. In the present instance each group is composed of three rows of nine spaces each and with the last space 12 left blank while the other I spaces are colored so as to contradistinguish the same from one another, and the colors may be arranged in any suitable order or sequence to more clearly distinguish the spaces 11 from each other and to better impress upon the mind of a child the differences between the difi'erentcolors- Each group of spaces 11 is preferably correspondingly formed and colored so that the ends of the game board 10 are alike.

Two sets or groups of game pieces 13 and 14 are provided. Each group has twentysix game pieces corresponding to the number of letters in the alphabet, 'and the game pieces 13 are distinguished from the game pieces 14 in some suitable manner, such as'by exterior configuration. The game pieces 13, as shown in Fig. 2, may be in the form of squares or right angled blocks, while the game pieces 14, as, shown in Fig. 3, may be round or of disk form. These distinguishing characteristics as to form readily segregate thegroups by the touch as they are ldentified by the manner in which they are grasped and'moved. I

Each group, 13 and 14, of game pieces is provided not only with the letters of the alphabet imprinted or otherwise suitably delineated upon the upper faces of the game cording to the first space 11 in each group, the second character B is colored to correspond with the coloring in the second space of each group of spaces 11 of the game board, and the coloring of the characters 13 and 14 and the spacesll are similar througlr out the entire twenty-six characters and spaces.

The game device is provided with a number of starter pieces 15, shown in Fig. 4 and which comprise flat pieces of any suitable confi uration such as rectangular as shown, and which each have upon one face a number adapted to be turned down upon the central portion of the board so as not to be seen b the players. The starter pieces 15 are provided with the numbers 1, 2 and 3 for a purpose which will subsequently I tled only to appear.

In pla ing the game, each player takes a group 0 the game pieces 13 and 14, and arranges them with their characters facing upwardly into a position near the adjacent end of the board 10, and may arrange the pieces in rows or otherwise. It of course is not essential to arrange the game pieces in any particular manner or sequence. The three starter-pieces 15 are now placed face downward upon the middle ortion of'the board 10 and the palm of the and is spread over them and moved about in suitable fashion to change the relative positions of the starter pieces 15 so that the cannot be identified by the players accor ing to the num bers which they bear.'

The players, now' each select one of the starter pieces 15 and turn the same u ward to find the numbers which they have rawn.

If one player turns u the number two, that play'eris entitled to p ace the first two game pieces, 13-01 14 upon therespective first two spaces 11 of his oup. If the other player turns up the num r three, that player is entitled to place the first three game pieces, 13 or 14, upon the corresponding first three spaces, 11 of his group. Of course, if a player, turns up the number dne he is entip ace 'but one game piece, 13 or 14, upon the corresponding first space 11 .of his group.

After thegame. pieces 13 and14= have been placed by the players upon their respective spaces 11, and in accordance with the numbers turned up,'the layer who had turnedup the. highest num r, such as ,3, now

cries Race, or some suchsimilar expression indicating that the contest or race is to start. i

The players now' proceed as; rapidly as possible, and without any order in playin proceed to place the game piecesf13 an 14in proper sequence and with matched colors in the corresggpding I spaces 11. The player who is the t to place all of his game pieces correctly-in his group-of spaces 11' is adjudged the winnerof the game. Of counse,

various rules of the ga e may be devised and the winner of the game may be the one having the highest number of points after four races have been played, and each race may count twenty-five points.

The element of chance'embodied in the game is the selection of a starter piece 15 which aifords a more or less handicap to one of the players, and the winning of the game depends upon the ability and celerity of the players in selecting and matching up the colors of the respective game pieces 13 and 14 with the blank or colored spaces 11 as they are played upon in sequence from row vention, and limited only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is 1. An educational game comprising a board having separate groups, of spaces thereon with the spaces of each group contradistinguished :by different colors, 8. plurality of gamepie'ces having configurations thereon, said game pieces being colored in sequence according to the sequence of the co ors on the spaces on said board, and a plurality of starter pieces having configurations upon one side adapted to be turned .down and shuflled on the-face of the board. to determine the placing of difierent-numbers of the groups 0 game pieces upon their respec tive spaces. q 1

2. An educational game comprising a board having separate groups of. spaces thereon with the spaces of each group contradistinguishe'd by different colors, a plurality of game. pieces corresponding to the groups of spaces onthe-board and having configurations thereon on one side, said game pieces also being coloredin sequence according to the sequence of the colors on the spaceslon said board, anda plurality of starter pieces for-determining the variousgame pieces to be placed upon their respective s aces on the board.

' 3. 11 educational game comprising a board having separate groups of spaces thereon correspondingly arranged in rows down and shufiled on the face of said board to determine by chance the placing of different'numbers of the'groups-of game pieces upon their respective spaces.

- 4. An educational game comprising a board having rows of spaces grouped together toward the opposite ends of the board,- said spaces being correspondingly colored in the separate groups to contradistinguish the spaces one from another, independent sets of game pieces of different configurations adapted to be placed upon the spaces on the board, said game pieces bearing letters of the alphabet in colorscorresponding to the colors of the spaces on the board and the Q coloring of the letters being in proper sequence throughout the alphabet and in aca plurality of starter pieces bearing numbers on one side'and adapted to be inverted and shuttled on the game board for selection by chance by the players to determine the initial positioning of the game pieces on the board.

MITCHEL V. MOISAN. ANNA R. HEYWOOD. 

